Negotiating Nationalism

Nation-Building, Federalism, and Secession in the Multinational State

Wayne Norman

Addresses some of the key challenges which arise when two or more national communities share the same state

Evaluates the political and institutional choices of citizens and governments in states with rival nationalist nation-building projects

Provides the most systematic attempt to derive a theory of secession from a theory of federal constitutionalism

Negotiating Nationalism

Nation-Building, Federalism, and Secession in the Multinational State

Wayne Norman

Description

In a world with at least three times as many nations as states, what are the limits of legitimate nation-building? How can national self-determination be coordinated within a federal system? This book provides one of the most extensive discussions to date on the ethics of nation-building and the nature and justification of federal systems.